Photo: William B. Grice · CC BY-SA 4.0A median $780,000: what owners say homes in Grimsby are worth
The census of 2021 asked 9,375 owner households what their home was worth. What homes sold for in Grimsby isn’t public: no sale figures are released in Ontario. For 2024, the median assessed value of a residential property is $369,000. Ontario still assesses at 2016 values (MPAC’s 1 January 2016 base): a figure to set against other Ontario towns, not against prices.
Two ways to price a home in Grimsby
Each source sits beside its own median for Ontario’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. Keep in mind these are owners’ estimates from the 2021 census, not recorded sales.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $814K
- Owners
- 9,375
- Ontario’s towns
- $695K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential, MPAC 2016 base
- Ontario’s towns
- $232K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
On the assessment roll, Grimsby’s houses sit 67% above Ontario’s towns
The 2024 assessment roll counts 11,425 homes in Grimsby: detached houses make 64% of them, condos 12%.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2024): residential properties on the assessment roll, vacant land left out. The ticks are the median of Ontario’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
A younger stock than most: 35% of Grimsby’s homes went up after 2000 (Ontario’s towns: 17%)
Grimsby had 11,395 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 64% of them single-detached houses.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Ontario’s towns
Homes by kind
| Grimsby | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 20% | 7% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 8% | 9% | 7% |
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.
11.3 new homes a year per 1,000 in Grimsby: fewer than Ontario’s towns (15)
Over 2018–2023, 1,038 homes were permitted in Grimsby, close to 173 each year. 22% were single-unit buildings and the rest multi-unit ones, against 66% for Ontario’s towns.
Most in 2019: 520 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Up 8%: 3,048 new homes in the year to August 2026
Monthly permits for the Hamilton metro area
Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021.
Grimsby is 12% above the $695,000 median of Ontario’s towns
871 of Ontario’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Lower values near Grimsby: Smithville, Beamsville and Westmeria
The places around Grimsby at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grimsby | $780K | $814K | 83% | |
| Fifty Point | $800K | $971K | 92% | 6.3 |
| Industrial | $850K | $909K | 86% | 7.9 |
| Trillium | $800K | $913K | 87% | 10 |
| Smithville | $700K | $768K | 90% | 11.2 |
| Beamsville | $695K | $734K | 84% | 11.7 |
| Westmeria | $600K | $720K | 93% | 11.8 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Grimsby
How many households in Grimsby are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 8% of Grimsby’s households in core housing need, much as for Ontario’s towns (9%).
Is Grimsby expensive for Ontario?
Yes: Grimsby’s census median is above the $695,000 of Ontario’s towns.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).